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PUBLIC LAW 88-527-AUG. 31, 1964

[78 STAT.

RESEARCH A N D DEVELOPMENT

For expenses necessary for the conduct of research by the Weather Bureau, including development and service testing of equipment; operation and maintenance of aircraft; and for acquisition, establishment, and relocation of research facilities and related equipment; $10,400,000, to remain available until June 30, 1967: Provided, That appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall be merged with this appropriation. RESEARCH A N D DEVELOPMENT (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the I Jnited States, for necessary expenses of the Weather Bureau, as authorized by law, $500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available in addition to other appropriations to the Bureau for payments in the foregoing currencies. ESTABLISHMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL FACILITIES

For an additional amount for the acquisition, establishment, and relocation of operational facilities and related equipment, including the alteration and modernization of existing facilities, and for the acquisition of land; $725,000, to remain available until June 30, 1967: Provided, That the appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall be merged with this appropriation. METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE OPERATIONS

For expenses necessary to establish and operate a system for the continuous observation of worldwide meteorological conditions from space satellites, and for the reporting and processing of the data obtained for use in weather forecasting $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for payment to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for procurement, in accordance with the authority available to that Administration, of such equipment or facilities as may be necessary to establish and operate the aioresaid system. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION S H I P CONSTRUCTION

For construction-differential subsidy and cost of national-defense features incident to construction of ships for operation in foreign com49 Stat. 1996: merce (46 U.S.C. 1152, 1154); for construction-differential subsidy 2 tat. 956,958. ^^^ ^^^^ ^£ national-defense features incident to the reconstruction and reconditioning of ships under title V of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1154); and for acquisition of used ships pursuant to section 510 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 68^lta!.^*68ol^^' amended (46 U.S.C. 1160); to remain available until expended, $124,74 Stat. 312! 900,000: Provided, That transfers may be made to the appropriation for the current fiscal year for "Salaries and expenses" for administrative and warehouse expenses (not to exceed $3,150,000) and for reserve fleet expenses (not to exceed $700,000), and any such transfers shall be without regard to the limitations under that appropriation on the amounts available for such expenses.

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